Less than three months after the shutdown of music streaming and file-sharing website Grooveshark, one of its co-founders has ben found dead.
According to reports, 28-year-old Josh Greenberg was found dead Sunday night in his Gainesville, Florida, home. Local police tweeted out the news this afternoon, also noting: “No evidence of foul play or suicide.”
Here’s more from the Gainesville Sun:
Lori Greenberg, his mother, said Monday he had no health problems and she was told by police who investigated Sunday night that there was no evidence of foul play, injuries or drugs.
She said her son was more relieved than depressed about the settlement that shut down Grooveshark on April 30 since it ended the lawsuit that had been hanging over his head. Several record companies had sued the online music streaming service over copyright violations.
“He was excited about potential new things that he was going to start,” she said.
The medical examiner was performing an autopsy Monday morning and would know if there were obvious problems with Greenberg’s heart or brain, otherwise, toxicology results would be done in two or three months, Lori Greenberg said.
“They are as baffled as I am,” she said.
In 2006, Greenberg co-founded Grooveshark with Sam Tarantino, but the site shut down on April 30.
A farewell message to its users read, in part: “We started out nearly 10 years ago with the goal of helping fans share and discover music. But despite best of intentions, we made very serious mistakes. We failed to secure licenses from rights holders for the vast amount of music on the service. That was wrong. We apologize. As part of a settlement with the major record companies, we have agreed to cease operations immediately, wipe clean all of the record companies’ copyrighted works, and hand over ownership of this website, our mobile apps, and intellectual property, including our patents and copyrights.”
More to come as details emerge.
Josh Greenberg, co-founder of #Grooveshark was found dead in his Gainesville home Sunday evening. No evidence of foul play or suicide.
— Gainesville Police (@GainesvillePD) July 20, 2015